Saturday, September 29

The Best Five Years

This day, five years ago, is the day I met M. In some ways, it seems so crazy that it’s been that long already… but yet, at the same time, thinking back to my life before he came along seems foreign so it feels more like we’ve known each other forever! Whether the amount of time has been long or short doesn’t really matter though, because it really has been the best five years of my life!

So here’s to the beginning of something awesome, M + K, five years ago.


{This is actually our first picture ever taken together, one week after we met. Yes, my blonde hair was dyed dark.}

Sunday, September 23

Fantastic Baby Shower Gift

We went to Idaho this weekend to visit my family. While there, something happened that makes me happy... and makes a great story.

My dad grew up in a rural area with lots of brothers and guns, and they enjoyed hunting together. Twenty-some-odd years later, he had a small herd of kids and a collection of guns of his own. The days of actually hunting animals came to an end but he taught his to shoot. We love setting up targets made from anything we can find! Shooting is a family favorite for quality bonding time together.

Family has always been important to my parents. And as their kids started growing up and leaving home, my parents began looking forward to the days of grandkids. My dad jokingly began to tell me how I needed to have kids so he could be a grandpa. And I jokingly began to tell him I wanted things like a handgun. Well, these jokes turned into one big joke of how the day my dad gets a grandkid, he’ll give me my very own firearm.

Well this weekend, my dad brought out a sparkly gift bag. He told us that because boys don't go to baby showers, he wanted to give us the baby shower gift from Baby's to-be-grandpa in person.


I had honestly thought our jokes were nothing more than just that - jokes. But I got my very own handgun now that my dad is getting a grandbaby!

Sunday, September 2

My Husband Is The Best!

When we go visit my family in Idaho, we rent a car {because our 1998 Nissan Altima isn’t too fond of the drive and I happen to know a guy who can get us a pretty good deal on a rental}...

So this weekend, M picked up the rental car for us and we hit the road. About an hour into the drive, he asked me what I put in the trunk that kept thumping around. I told him I hadn’t put anything back there but that my stuff was all in the back seat. And we kept driving.

Finally when we stopped at a gas station, he said he was going to check what was back there. Sitting in the trunk was a gift wrapped box from Nordstroms and we realized whoever had the car before us must have forgotten the gift was back there!

M’s response: We’ll give it back for them to put in the lost and found, in case the people realize its missing and want it back.

My response: I wonder what it is!! Let’s open it!!

And, of course, my curiosity won. So I {and all my classiness!} opened someone else’s gift!

And then I realized my husband is a very good liar {No, this is not the first time I’ve made this realization either… maybe I should be worried…} because it was a new pair of shoes for me!!


They are red Toms just like the pair that I used to have and loved, but ruined when we were in Switzerland. A couple weeks ago, I had off-handedly mentioned that I’m gonna wish I had more Toms for this winter when my feet swell up and I want something comfortable to wear on my feet. It was a great surprise and made me so happy! I definitely married well. M is a total sweetheart!